Question Looking To Upgrade Gramps i7 4790 GPU

[Roman Syrevitch]

Hey all!

Looking to upgrade my 760ti, What do you guys/girls recommend for GPU?

I have a MSI Z97 Gaming 5 DDR3 motherboard. (i7 4790 mobo)
32GB ram
1000 watt power supply

I only play stratergy games like starcraft and company of heroes but i have a 4k monitor and would like to experience a better gameplay.

 

[Math Geek]

i'd not go any higher than something like a 2060 type card, maybe even an RX 6600. that cpu easily handled the titan x (maxwell) cards of the time and a 2060 is not much stronger than that.

but at something like 4k you could go higher since the gpu is the bottleneck there. but i'd not go crazy and get a 3090 or anything like that.

if you can afford $1000 for the gpu, then you can afford a new system with a lesser gpu

 

[Roman Syrevitch]

i'd not go any higher than something like a 2060 type card, maybe even an RX 6600. that cpu easily handled the titan x (maxwell) cards of the time and a 2060 is not much stronger than that.

but at something like 4k you could go higher since the gpu is the bottleneck there. but i'd not go crazy and get a 3090 or anything like that.

if you can afford $1000 for the gpu, then you can afford a new system with a lesser gpu

sounds good i purchased the 6600 thanks.

 

[Math Geek]

no problem. the 6600 is a great bang for the buck right now and does not use a ton of power either. they run about $225-250 or so. not great for 4k but great 1080p and ok at 1440p.

you can go better gpu for 4k but now you start running into how much is worth it vs upgrading the whole system. ~$400 gets you a new mobo/cpu/ram combo easily, so spending a ton on a gpu stops making much sense vs a cheaper gpu along with complete new system for the large performance increase you get from that.

 

[Roman Syrevitch]

no problem. the 6600 is a great bang for the buck right now and does not use a ton of power either. they run about $225-250 or so. not great for 4k but great 1080p and ok at 1440p.

you can go better gpu for 4k but now you start running into how much is worth it vs upgrading the whole system. ~$400 gets you a new mobo/cpu/ram combo easily, so spending a ton on a gpu stops making much sense vs a cheaper gpu along with complete new system for the large performance increase you get from that.

Yeah i didnt want to spend alot of money on this old system. I plan to run it for a year longer and then do a complete new build.